by Miguel A. De La Torre | Jan 2, 2006 | Opinion
The president of the Northern Kingdom strutted toward the podium. Tonight he would address the empire, sharing his impression of the state of the union. Overall, the news was good. True, at the fringes of the empire the imperial army battled insurgents for control of...
by Cliff Vaughn | Dec 30, 2005 | Opinion
Home has a cost. That simple yet frightening notion gives Steven Spielberg’s “Munich” its everlasting power as a cinematic work. Beyond terrorism and killing, beyond ideology and doubt, the thought that home has a price makes “Munich” a...
by E. Glenn Hinson | Dec 30, 2005 | Opinion
Intelligent design proponents took a hard blow last week when U.S. District Judge John E. Jones III, a Bush appointee, denied a Pennsylvania school district the right to teach intelligent design alongside evolution. Judge Jones dubbed intelligent design...
by Robert Parham | Dec 29, 2005 | Opinion
The president issued a declaration. The Congress passed a law. The Pentagon turned a blind eye, ignoring defense contractors that engage in human trafficking—prostitution and slave labor. According to the Chicago Tribune, President Bush signed a directive in December...
by Robert Parham | Dec 28, 2005 | Opinion
Time Magazine named Bono and Bill and Melinda Gates as their persons of year 2005, recognizing them as global Good Samaritans committed to ridding the world of poverty, disease and indifference. Baptists have their own global Good Samaritan. He lacks Bono’s rock...
by Cliff Vaughn | Dec 28, 2005 | Opinion
Grass waving, birds flocking and water rippling—those are stock shots in writer-director Terrence Malick’s latest film, “The New World,” which lays out the legendary story of Pocahontas, John Smith and John Rolfe with Malick’s usual lyricism....
